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Patent GB-190410931-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and Attachments relating to, Fountain, Stylographic or other Reservoir Pens.
Inventor: COLE ALBERT FREDERICK
Filed: 1904-05-12
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 10,931. Cole, A. F. May 12. Pens, reservoir; writers' cramp, preventing. - Relates to a device for readily unscrewing the nib-holding portion of a reservoir pen from the main portion. The collar A, shown in Fig. 2, has one or more internal facets a' which engage with similar facets on the pen, thus enabling the nib portion to be unscrewed. The exterior edge of the collar is roughened, and, in order to more easily locate the facets a', similar facets are provided at a<2> disposed in the same radial direction. Modifications are described, in one of which the collar has an oval aperture for use with pens of an oval-shaped section, and in another the collar is adapted to a pen provided with a series of shallow flutings, which also enable the pen to be gripped more easily in writing. The collar may also have a quick-threaded screw formed on its internal edge so as to engage with a similar left-handed screw on the pen. Fig. 10 shows a form of collar adapted to be closed to embrace a pen of any section. The Provisional Specification states that the collar may be closed also by a camarrangement, a taper screw arrangement, and after the manner of a closing chuck or closing pencil protector. It also states that the pen and collar may be constructed in a " ratchet fashion, so as to permit unscrewing only by the collar.
Patent GB-190411741-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Stand or Support for Holding Boxes or Cartoons of Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: EDMUNDS HENRY WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-05-21
Granted: 1904-06-23
Abstract: 11,741. Edmunds, H. W., and Smith, W. W. May 21. Storing.-Relates to a stand for holding boxes containing boots and shoes. A single row of boxes is carried by each of a number of removable and interchangeable shelves or trays e formed of strips of wood connected together at their ends by projecting metal cross-bars f. These bars slide in horizontal grooves in uprights a, fitted to a base board on plate b and connected together at the top by another board &c. c. The uprights may rest directly upon the floor and be erected against a wall, or the stand may extend across a room leaving both sides open, or one side may be closed by a back.
Patent GB-190415938-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Disinfecting Apparatus, also applicable for the Destroying of Weeds, Insects and the like, and the Spreading of Manures and the like.
Inventor: GILL HENRY THOMAS
Filed: 1904-07-18
Granted: 1905-05-25
Abstract: 15,938. Gill, H. T. July 18. Manuring ; weeds, destroying.-An appliance for distributing disinfectants, manures, weed-killers, insecticides, and other pulverulent, granular, and like substances is fitted with one or more cross-bars e to mix and break up the materials when the receptacle a is shaken, and may also be provided with a flexible handle h. One end of the receptacle is perforated, and the other is closed by a cover secured by a hinge or bayonet joint or other means ; or the perforations c may be in the lid b. The size of the perforations may be regulated by means of a slotted cover working on a pin ; or the lid may be adapted to hold a removable disc g in place, a series of discs with perforations of different sizes being provided. The cylinder may be perforated at both ends.
Patent GB-190416847-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gyroscopic Steering Mechanism for Torpedoes and Submarine Vessels.
Inventor: WHITEHEAD JAMES
Filed: 1904-08-02
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 16,847. Whitehead, J. Aug. 2. Steering-gear; steering automatically. -Relates to gyroscopic apparatus for submarine boats, Figs. 1 and 2 being, respectively, a front and a side elevation of the apparatus as applied to a torpedo. The flywheel 3 has radial and tangential passages 4, 5 forming a reaction wheel which is speeded up and subsequently driven by compressed air conducted through passages in the gimbal rings 6, 7. The two-way cock 11, through which air is admitted to the apparatus, initially at full pressure through the pipe 12 and afterwards at reduced pressure through the reducing-valve 13 and pipe 14, is actuated by the pressure of the expulsion gases in the ejecting-tube. A pinion 16 on the valve spindle 15 gears with a rack 17 carried by a piston working in a cylinder 1 connected to the exterior of the torpedo by a pipe 2. The pinion also gears with a double sector 18 in gear with a rack 19 formed on a slide 20. A bell crank 27, pivoted to the slide 20, engages, after a limited movement of the slide, with a stop 28 and holds the cock 11 open to the passage 12 so that air is admitted at full pressure to the flywheel 3, but, as the torpedo leaves the ejecting-tube, the starting-lever is thrown back by a latch in the tube, and, being connected to an arm 21 on the spindle 22, rocks the arm 23 on the same spindle, thereby moving a rod 25 supported by the slide 20, and tipping the catch 27. The slide 20 released from the stop 28 is then moved by the arm 23, while the sector 18 rotates the pinion 16 and opens the cock to the reducing-valve 13. The gimbals are locked in a manner similar to that described in Specification No. 12,169, A.D. 1897, [Abridgment Class Ammunition &c.], by a pivoted arm 35, which is drawn back by the rod 34 connected to a bell crank 33, 31, when the arm 31 is raised by the incline 30 on the slide 20. If preferred, the flywheel 3 may be speeded up by an " impulse sector " of usual construction, in which case the means for starting the wheel by compressed air would be dispensed with. In applying the invention to submarine boats, the valves are actuated by hand, and the vertical gimbal carries a pointer moving over a fixed scale to indicate any deviation from the true course.
Patent GB-190417435-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Separating and Condensing the Vapours of Volatile Liquids.
Inventor: HEYMANN HARRY
Filed: 1904-08-10
Granted: 1905-08-10
Abstract: 17,435. Heymann, H., Hey, H., Smith, J., Mitchell, H. L., and Askham, W H. Aug. 10. Gases, separating mixtures of.-In an apparatus for condensing, and separating from air, the vapours of volatile liquids, such as are used as solvents in cleaning woollen cloths, making india-rubber, &c., the vapours are led by a pipe q through an oil container p and thence to a condenser. The condenser is formed of a cylinder a, surrounded by a cooling - jacket b and containing inclined baffles c separated by a vertical wire-gauze partition, the edges of which project into the cooling-jacket. The condensed liquid and vapours pass to a vessel t having circular baffles arranged so that heavy liquids collect in the central compartment and lighter liquids pass to the outer one. If air be mixed with the vapours, the vessel t is connected to a vacuum pump. Saturated oil from the container p is led by a pipe s into the vessel t. In a second form of condenser, nests of vertical tubes are separated by horizontal partitions of wire gauze and arranged so that cooling-water circulates on the outside while the vapours pass down the inside of the tubes. Oil may be passed down the condenser together with the vapours. In this case, a condenser packed with coke or the like may be used, and the cooling may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190418491-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hydraulic Regulating Valves
Inventor: MACK ROBERT
Filed: 1904-08-26
Granted: 1905-04-06
Abstract: 18,491. Mack, R., and Mack, R. Aug. 26. Piston valves; repairing, facilitating ; packing, special methods of; spindles. -Relates to a hydraulic working valve, for lifts and other hydraulic machinery, constructed so that the piston valve can be removed without disturbing any pipes or connections. The machine pipe 0 is normally closed by the piston L which works in a perforated bush. It is connected with the pressure pipe B when the piston is moved downwards, and to the exhaust when it is moved upwards. The piston is packed by two leathers M which are separated by a sleeve L and held in place by a nut N. The spindle is packed by a leather and works in the barrel A, which is of a diameter which will permit the removal of the valve piston. The inlet pipe is fitted with a clack valve P.
Patent GB-190422121-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Domestic and other Analogous Heating Apparatus.
Inventor: DAVEY JOHN
Filed: 1904-10-14
Granted: 1904-11-17
Abstract: 22,121. Davey, J. Oct. 14. Safety-valves.-The cylinder of a domestic or like hot-water supply apparatus is fitted with an excess-pressure valve and a vacuum-relief valve, the former coming into use when the relief pipe becomes blocked, the latter when condensation of steam occurs. The high-pressure valve consists of an india-rubber or like ball i<1>, which is normally pressed down into its seating by a weight k<1> on the lever k. A valve within the tube g, opening upwards, admits air when the pressure within the apparatus falls, hence preventing its collapse under the external pressure.
Patent GB-190428628-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Arc Lamps.
Inventor: ROSEMEYER JOSEF
Filed: 1904-12-28
Granted: 1905-02-09
Abstract: 28,628. Rosemeyer, J. Dec. 28. Arc lamps.-Clutch lamps with enclosed arcs are constructed as shown. The arc-enclosing globe 3 is supported by means of a ring 10, screwed on the casing 4, and an asbestos washer 11, which engages a shoulder of the globe. Above an asbestos ring 9, against which the edge of the globe rests, are successively an annular disc 7, an asbestos washer 8, a tapering ring 5, and an insulating layer 6, abutting against a tapering shoulder of the case 4. To the ring 5 is secured a dish 12, supporting a guide 13 for the carbon 1, and rods 14 attached to the lower carbon-holder 15. The current passes through the rods 14, dish 12, insulated screw 21, and the conductor 23 to the resistance coil of the lamp (not shown). A tube 16 passes through the solenoid and is attached to the casing 4 and to the casing 18 of the solenoid. The latter casing is fixed to a dome 19, which is closed above and is hung from the holder 20. Escape of air from the globe and lamp takes place through a channel 37, a cylindrical part 36 of the casing 4, and a narrow tube 34 bent downwards at right-angles. The cylinder 36 is closed by a screw cap 38, and contains a valve 35 which closes the channel 37 and prevents entrance of air into the lamp when it is not in use. To prevent the raising of the core 26 of the solenoid too high, the lower part of the core is tapered or cut away so that in the normal position of the carbons the beginning of the taper, or of the cutaway part of the core, is in the vicinity of the lower end-plate of the solenoid. The desired reduction in cross-section may also be obtained by forming annular grooves in the core, or a conical hollow in its end. The core 26 is attached to a tube 27, guided by rollers 52, preferably three in number, and closed by a plate 29. A flexible metallic coil 28, preferably of copper, is clamped by means of headed screws 32, 31 respectively to the plate 29 and to a cap 30, in which is inserted the upper carbon 1. A stop 33 fixed to the screw 31 prevents undue compression of the coil 28. To assist the dash-pot in checking sudden movements, a closed conducting-ring, preferably conical, and of iron, is placed in the end of the solenoid ; in some lamps, the ring may be replaced by a cap or by a plate over the end of the solenoid. The core 26 forms the upper end of a tube 25, the lower end of which is constructed as a piston 39 and slides in the casing 4, acting as a dash-pot. Clamp arms 40, preferably three in number, are pivoted to lugs depending from the piston 39, and are normally pressed into engagement with the carbon by means of a spring 47 and a plate 48 resting on the arms. When the clutch is lowered, a plate 46 lifts the arms to free the carbon. The current is conveyed to the upper carbon through the casing 4, wire 24, tube 25, core 26, tube 27, and coil 28.
Patent GB-190500711-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Fire Grate Bars.
Inventor: FLETCHER ADDISON CALVIN
Filed: 1905-01-13
Granted: 1905-04-20
Abstract: 711. Fletcher, A. C. Jan. 13. Fire-bars. - Removable metal teeth are held in rigid relation with the body of the bar and are surmounted by crowns of vitrified material. In the form shown in Fig. 6, the teeth are formed of similar, complementary parts 3, which rest against opposite sides of the fire-bar. Each part is fitted with an overhanging rabbeted head 4 and a semicylindrical pin 5, which extends through a circular perforation in the fire-bar and takes into a slot 7 in the other part of the tooth. The undersides of the heads 4 rest on the top of the bar, and the upper faces of shoulders 9 are flush with the bottoms of notches in the bar. The lower parts of the crown 8, Fig. 7, fix into these notches, and the sides rest upon ledges 4<b>. The heads fit snugly within the crown, or there is a driving fit between the parts, the upper edge of the head 4 being flush with the bottom of an air passage 11 through the crown. This passage may be dispensed with, and the combined heads extended to the upper surface of the crown. In a modification, an opening is formed in the top of the crown in which ashes can lodge and assist the crown in protecting the tooth, as well as providing for vertical circulation of air through the crown.
Patent GB-190503162-A (GB)
Title: Means for Setting Roller-blind Shutters in Photographic Cameras by the Introduction of a Dark Slide or the like.
Inventor: LANGE ADOLPH RICHARD
Filed: 1905-02-15
Granted: 1905-06-08
Abstract: 3162. Lange, A. R. Feb. 15. Cameras; shutters.-Relates to a device for setting a roller-blind shutter by the insertion of the dark slide in the camera. The dark slide catches the lug g, Fig. 1, of the rack e, which moves in grooves sufficiently wide to allow an up-anddown displacement. The rack e is raised by the dark slide to gear with the ratchet-wheel f so as to wind up the roller blind c by means of bevel and other connecting gear. The shutter is released by the spring-controlled lever o, which disengages the wheel m from the wheel with which it gears. When the dark slide is withdrawn, the rack e falls and is drawn back by the spring drum p. In the case in which a magazine is used, a lug, formed on the rack e, engages a groove in the magazine, and is operated by a tappet formed on the sliding shutter of the magazine. In a further modification, the dark slide operates the lever u, Fig. 5, the projection u<2> of which carries the lever u<1>, so as to wind up the shutter through the curved rack e and gearing v, w.
Patent GB-190505168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Covers for Protecting the Tyres of Vehicles.
Inventor: WALLWORK ROUGHSEDGE
Filed: 1905-03-13
Granted: 1905-05-18
Abstract: 5168. Wallwork, R., and Wallwork, C. H. March 13. Tyres, pneumatic &c.-Tyre covers of the type described in Specification No. 25,085, A.D. 1903, for preventing puncture and side slip, consists of small pieces a of leather, rubber, rubber compositions or substitutes, and canvas &c. joined together either by metal tread plates b or hooks d. The cover may be attached to the rim by cords, wires, or hooks, but preferably by hooks k, Fig. 13, which engage, through hooks h, with side fastening-plates e, which may or may not be used to fasten the strips a together. The plates b, e are fastened to the strip a by "lip" projections c, Fig. 2, which pass through or round the strips and are then bent inwards to complete attachment.
Patent GB-190509086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Apparatus for Use in Lasting Boots and Shoes.
Inventor: YORK ALBERT CHARLES
Filed: 1905-05-01
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 9086. York, A. C. May 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Last-holders.-Two or more jacks B are mounted on the top of a horizontal frame A, carried by a sleeve C adjustably supported in a column D. The frame is provided on its upper face with two or more sets of slides, in which the bases of the jacks are free to slide, plates E being screwed on to the frame, to prevent the jacks from tilting. The movement of the jacks may be limited by the endplates of the slides, or by spring catches, the centre parts of the plates E being cut away, in the former case, to allow the operator to place the jacks in position. The jacks may slide independently of one another ; or they may be connected together by a pulley and cord &c. When the frame is arranged for more than two jacks, the slides may be arranged in diagonal or circular form, and, if desired, the frame may be mounted on a work-bench instead of on a column.
Patent GB-190513046-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brakes for Railway Trucks and other Vehicles.
Inventor: GOULDIE JOSEPH
Filed: 1905-06-24
Granted: 1906-05-10
Abstract: 13,046. Gouldie, J. June 24. Brakes.-In an either-side wagon brake, the shoes a are applied by adjustable tappet-rods b actuated by cam surfaces j, k on a disk e on the rocking shaft d. The tappet-rods, guided by a bracket c, are arranged respectively slightly above and below the axis of the rocking shaft, so that jolts &c. which might ease the blocks from the wheels tend to turn the disk in the direction for applying the brakes, and the brakes are self-locking. The cam surfaces are stepped, the projections between the steps preventing the tappet-rods from being accidentally jumped from one step to another. The rocking shaft can be rotated by a handle f secured to it at one side of the wagon, or by a handle f<1> on the other side mounted on a shaft h which carries a finger g engaging a recess in the disk e. The handles are arranged to spring outwards from their rests ; they may be duplicated, or both handles may be fixed to the rocking shaft. According to the Provisional Specification, an "automatic "drop rest for the operating-lever may be fixed to the existing guard, or each lever may have a piece of spring steel welded into it to enable it to clear the guard when raised from the opposite side of the wagon.
Patent GB-190516437-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spark-arrestors.
Inventor: BALLEWSKI ALBERT
Filed: 1905-08-12
Granted: 1905-12-07
Abstract: 16,437. Ballewski, A., and Wessel, W. Aug. 12. Smoke - boxes. - Fig. 1 shows the smoke-box of a locomotive with an arrangement for arresting sparks. The smoke &c. passes into the chamber a, where some of the solid particles are deposited, thence through one or more openings b into the chamber f, and out between the baffles c, d.
Patent GB-190517963-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Hot Air or Liquid under Pressure for Medical and Dental Purposes.
Inventor: NOGUE RAYMOND
Filed: 1905-09-05
Granted: 1906-09-05
Abstract: 17,963. NoguÚ, R. Sept. 5, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1907]. Heating air; heating liquids.- Apparatus for the production and supply of hot air or liquid under pressure for medical or dental purposes consists of a reservoir a fitted with cocks c, e, pressure gauge f, safetyvalve g, and thermometer h, and heated by a lamp i. Air is forced into the reservoir and heated, and is drawn off as required through a flexible tube j connected to a hand-piece. When liquid is to be used, compressed air is introduced through the cock e, and the liquid is drawn off through the cock c.
Patent GB-190520762-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Corsets.
Inventor: GUTMANN MAX
Filed: 1905-10-13
Granted: 1906-01-11
Abstract: 20,762. Gutmann, M. Oct. 13. Corsets.-In a corset provided with slits a in the upper or lower margins for extra adjustments, flaps d are used to prevent the underclothing from coming through between the lacing or elastic strap fastenings shown. The flaps d are fastened inside the corset along one of their edges, the other edge f being free and are provided with transverse bones or steels g carried in loose pockets h or l in the flaps and either fastened at one end k to the corset or carried loose in a pocket.
Patent GB-190521430-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Water Tube Steam Boiler
Inventor: MILLS CLAUDE KENNEDY
Filed: 1905-10-21
Granted: 1906-05-17
Abstract: 21,430. Mills, C. K., [Maschinen & Dampfkesselfabrik Guilleaume Werke Ges.]. Oct. 21. Water-tube boilers.-The steam-containing parts of the boiler extend considerably above the water level. Fig. 2 shows a boiler for marine purposes. A steam and water drum a is connected with a water drum c by tubes g and with an elevated steam collector d within the boiler casing by tubes f passing across the uptake. Other tubes h connect the collector d with the drum c. The drums a, c also communicate with a water drum b serving as a preliminary heater ; the tubes e are outside the boiler casing. A tube y, fitted with a stop-cock, extends from the bottom of the collector d to the drum a. The furnace is fitted with a fire-proof wall, situated at about the water level and forming upper and lower chambers k, i, through which the gases pass in succession. When applied to a land boiler having a flue in the ground, the tubes h are divided into two groups by a vertical transverse wall. The gases then pass upwards on one side of the wall to the chamber k and downwards on the other side into the chimney flue.
Patent GB-190606004-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Steam Traps.
Inventor: PATERSON ROBERT HOWIE
Filed: 1906-03-12
Granted: 1907-06-12
Abstract: 6004. Paterson, R. H. March 12. Steam traps.-R e l a t e s to steam traps of the expansiontube and movable-rod type, and consists in constructing the expansion tube so that it forms no part of the discharge outlet. A reservoir a is connected with the steam system by means of a pipe g. The expansion tube or tubes l are connected to the upper portion c of the reservoir and are in communication therewith. The water that collects in the portion b is discharged through a valve-box j, the valve k in which is operated by the contraction and expansion of the tube regulated by a tie-rod q, which may be in two parts as shown or may be in one piece, the adjusting- screw being arranged at one end in the latter case instead of as at v to vary the pressure at which the trap is to work. A guide-fork w is provided to limit the side movement of the tube and rod. The rod z operating the valve is fluted at its lower end to permit the water to flow down the exit tube 4, 5 when discharging. A spring 9 is provided, bearing against a valve-protecting cage 2 to replace the valve if depressed too far from any cause. In a modification, the block p does not operate the valve directly, but actuates one end of a lever the other end of which depresses the valve. In another form, no tie-rod is used, its place being taken by a second tube in connexion with the first at its outer end through the block p but made of a different and less expansible metal so that the operation of the trap is not affected. In this modification, a by-pass from the tube g is directed towards one of the openings of the expansion tubes into the part C of the reservoir so that towards the finish of the discharge steam will enter and be driven along the tubes, expanding them and shutting the discharge valve. The Provisional Specification describes the use of a wedge device instead of the tie-rod for obtaining the depression of the block p on the contraction of the tube.
Patent GB-190606371-A (GB)
Title: Spool Chain for Automatic Weft-replenishing Looms for Weaving
Inventor: FISCHER RUDOLF
Filed: 1906-03-16
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 6371. Fischer, R. March 16. Loom shuttles, changing bobbins and the like in, automatically. -A chain magazine for over-pick automatic weft-replenishing looms has its links formed by angle-plates a. A disk b on the shuttle peg is held between the projecting parts of the plates a by a spring stud c on one plate entering a hole in the disk, while the other plate a is slotted for the reception of the peg. On account of the shape of the links a, the cops on the pegs carried by the links in contact with the small chain-wheel are spaced comparatively far apart, so that the cops are moved quickly into the transferring position. [Reference has been directed under Patents Act, 1902, to Specification No. 10,279, A.D. 1901,]